Four weeks before the general elections in Germany, the technological billionaire Elon Musk again joined the election campaign and agitates for ADG. At the official launch of the party's election campaign in Halle, Trump adviser and Tesla boss was included live from the US at the start of a speech by party leader Alice Weidel.
The Zeit newspaper reports this.
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According to him, the AfD is the best hope for Germany. It's normal to be proud of being German. “Fight for a great future for Germany,” Musk said to cheers from about 4,500 party supporters at the exhibition center in Halle (police say 3,200 supporters). The businessman complained that “too much attention is paid to the fault of the past”, and that it needs to be left in the past. Children should not be to blame for the sins of their great-grandparents, he said and called for optimism.
In his opinion, Weidel would be very useful for Germany as a chancellor. The AfD has his full support, and, in his opinion, the support of the Trump administration.
Weidel expressed the best wishes to the US government under Donald Trump and his election slogan “We will make America again the Great”. She later added: "
Just before Christmas, Musk caused a major stir in the German election campaign with his announcement that only the AfD could save Germany and his subsequent live-streamed conversation with party leader and chancellor candidate Weidel. Critics accuse him of using his huge coverage on his X platform to influence the outcome of universal elections.
In her speech, Weidel criticized current migration, economic and energy policies. It’s funny that, speaking about immigrants, she didn’t even pay attention to the fact that, in fact, Elon Musk is also an immigrant to the USA, albeit “with experience”.
The event was accompanied by protests. According to the police, about 9,000 demonstrators gathered on the spot.
On the fact of the party conference and counter demonstrations, 13 criminal cases were instituted, including for dangerous bodily harm, coercion and insult, the police said in the evening.
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Recall that the German Chancellor Olaf Sholts criticized the founder of Tesla and the owner of the social network X Ilon Mask for his support of the ultra -right political forces in Europe, saying that such activities "
According to Scholz, Musk openly supports far-right movements in the UK, Germany and other European countries, which, according to the Chancellor, is absolutely unacceptable. "